General Maintenance | Main Burner Flame Pattern | ||
The Weber Gas Barbecue burners have been factory | |||
Weber Spider Stopper™ Guards | |||
set for the correct air and gas mixture. The correct | |||
Your Weber Gas Barbecue, as well as any outdoor gas | flame pattern is shown. | ||
appliance, is a target for spiders and other insects. | 1) | Burner tube | |
They can nest in the venturi section (Venturi(1), air | 2) | Tips occasionally flicker yellow | |
shutter(2), venturi fin(3) ) of the burner tubes. This | 3) | Light blue | |
blocks the normal gas flow, and can cause the gas to | 4) | Dark blue | |
flow back out of the air shutter. This could result in a |
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fire in and around the air shutters, under the control |
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panel, causing serious damage to your barbecue. |
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the burner tube and the valve, thereby preventing |
| Main Burner Cleaning Procedure | |||||||||||
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spiders and other insects access to the burner tubes |
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| Turn off the gas supply. Remove the manifold. | ||||||||||||
through the air shutter openings. |
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| Look inside each burner with a flashlight. | ||||||||||||
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We recommend that you inspect the Weber Spider |
| Clean the inside of the burners with a wire (a straight- | |
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Stopper Guards at least once a year. (See Section |
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| air shutter opening at the ends of the burners. Check | ||
“Annual Maintenance”.) Also inspect and clean the |
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| and clean the valve orifices at the base of the valves. | ||
Spider Stopper Guards if any of the following |
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| Use a brass bristle brush to clean outside of burners. | ||
symptoms should ever occur: |
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| This is to make sure all the burner ports are fully open. | ||
1) | The smell of gas in conjunction with the burner |
| CAUTION: Do not enlarge the burner ports when |
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2) | Barbecue does not reach temperature. |
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3) | Barbecue heats unevenly. |
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4) | One or more of the burners do not ignite. |
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mDANGER
Failure to correct the above mentioned symptoms may result in a fire, which can cause serious bodily injury or death, and cause damage to property.